Category: Theology
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Church at The YMCA
[This post is part of the What Are We Up To In Ministry? series] It has been interesting being apart of a church that meets in a YMCA. When I lived in Florida the first time (freshman year of college), I went to a church that met in an elementary school, but my level of involvement never…
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Posts, Books, and Tweets
My Posts From This Week 4 Steps to Better Bible Study New Series: Second Thoughts Justification: The Luther Deification View New Series: What Is Theological Interpretation of Scripture? Jesus and The Victory of God: Introduction The Resurrection of the Son of God: Setting the Scene Books Received This Week Reading Scripture With The Reformers (courtesy…
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Justification: The Lutheran Deification View
[This is part of the Justification: Five Views mini-series] Last week, thanks to IVP Academic, we continued our journey through Justification: Five Views by looking at the Roman Catholic view. This week, we’ll move on to examine the Lutheran Deification view of justification as explained by Veli-Matti Karkkainen. Many people are familiar with movements like the New Perspective…
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Beale, Vanhoozer, Seitz and more!
I was greeted yesterday when I got home with the package I ordered from Westminster. In case you forget, here’s the pic and list of what I ordered: Prophecy and Hermeneutics: Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets by Christopher Seitz A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the Newby…
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Interpreting the Bible, Catholics on Justification, How I Do Book Reviews, and KONY 2012
My Posts From This Week What We’re Up To In Ministry: High School Boys Bible Study: Ephesians Book Review: Invitation to Biblical Interpretation Books Arrived and Soon to Come Book Review: Practicing Theological Interpretation Book Review: The Character of Christian Scripture Review Series: Justification: The Roman Catholic View How I Do Book Reviews Two New Blog Series: 10 Books On……
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Justification: The Roman Catholic View
[This is part of the Justification: Five Views mini-series] Last week, thanks to IVP Academic, we started our journey through Justification: Five Views. After laying looking through the chapters on historical background and contemporary debates, we’re now ready to jump into one of the actual views. I’m starting with the Catholic view even though in the book…
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KONY 2012
This video is a bit lengthy (30 mins). But, I tell you what, watch the first 5 minutes or so, and if it doesn’t grab your attention, I’m not sure what will. Here’s a link to the official site where you can sign the petition: KONY 2012
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Christian Philosophy, Prosperity Gospel, and Lutheran Insults
My Posts From This Week Doing Philosophy As A Christian Doing philosophy as a Christian means doing philosophy under the authority of the Lord Jesus and of the Bible, the Word of God. It means reasoning within the bounds of religion. It means, in the end, doing philosophy in a way that aims intentionally at…
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Five Views on Justification
IVP Academic was kind enough to send along Justification: Five Views for review, and over the next several weeks, I’m going to split up my review of it. I’ve decided the weeks leading up to Easter would be a good time to focus on this subject, which has ramifications for my reading plan, but that will wait for…
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Theological Interpretation, Justification, Lent, and Death Metal
My Posts From This Week Psalms as Torah and Other Studies in Theological Interpretation Thanks to a good spot on Amazon, our local used bookstore, and an upcoming gift certificate to Westminster’s bookstore, I’ll soon have all of these but the last two. Having read Seitz’s other book in the series, The Character of Christian Scripture over…